Whitburn and Blackburn (ward)
Whitburn and Blackburn is one of the nine wards used to elect members of the West Lothian Council. It elects four Councillors.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | James Dickson (SNP) |
Jim Swan (Labour) |
George Paul (Labour) |
Gordon Beurskens (Action to save St. John's Hospital) | ||||
2012 | Barry Robertson (Labour) |
Mary Dickson (SNP) | ||||||
2017 | Kirsteen Sullivan (Labour) |
Bruce Fairbairn (Conservative) |
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 West Lothian Council election [2]
Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats[3] | |||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | ||
Labour | George Paul (incumbent) | 28.08% | 1,822 | ||||||||
SNP | Jim Dickson (incumbent) | 24.44% | 1,586 | ||||||||
Conservative | Bruce Fairbairn | 21.99% | 1,427 | ||||||||
Labour | Kirsteen Sullivan | 8.59% | 557 | 1,015 | 1,020 | 1,054 | 1,149 | 1,209 | 1,486 | ||
SNP | Mary Dickson (incumbent) | 7.75% | 503 | 519 | 742 | 744 | 766 | 1,129 | |||
SNP | John Leslie | 6.47% | 420 | 426 | 468 | 470 | 481 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Howden | 2.68% | 174 | 182 | 186 | 224 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,489 Spoilt: 175 Quota: 1,298 Turnout: 42.6% |
2012 Election
2012 West Lothian Council election [4]
Whitburn and Blackburn - 4 seats | ||||||||||||
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Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 | Count 7 | Count 8 | ||
Labour | George Paul (incumbent) | 32.59 | 1,896 | |||||||||
SNP | Jim Dickson (incumbent) | 27.68 | 1,610 | |||||||||
Labour | Barry Robertson | 11.96 | 696 | 1,356.2 | ||||||||
Action to Save St John's Hospital | George Beurskens (incumbent) | 10.64 | 619 | 639.8 | 668.9 | 712.4 | 729.7 | 760.3 | 886.4 | |||
SNP | Mary Dickson | 9.66 | 562 | 575.1 | 964 | 986.7 | 996.9 | 1,012.3 | 1,058.5 | 1,317.4 | ||
Conservative | Stuart Martin | 4.66 | 271 | 273.3 | 277.5 | 287.6 | 312.2 | 337.1 | ||||
National Front | Neil McIvor | 1.63 | 95 | 98.5 | 100.7 | 104.5 | 108.6 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | Robert Durie Howden | 1.17 | 68 | 72.2 | 75.8 | 83.7 | ||||||
Electorate: 11,239 Valid: 5,817 Spoilt: 108 Quota: 1,164 Turnout: 5,925 (41.75%) |
2007 Election
2007 West Lothian Council election
West Lothian Council election, 2007: Whitburn and Blackburn | ||||||
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Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
SNP | James Dickson | 1,981 | 27.1 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Jim Swan | 1,528 | 20.9 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | George Paul | 1,367 | 18.7 | 3 | 5 | |
Action to Save St John's Hospital | Gordon Beurskens | 851 | 11.7 | 4 | 8 | |
SNP | Mary Dickson | 507 | 6.9 | |||
Conservative | Alistair Lowrie | 435 | 6.0 | |||
Independent | Tony Fairley | 309 | 4.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bob Howden | 222 | 3.0 | |||
Scottish Socialist | Mark Eccles | 98 | 1.3 |
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References
- "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". Lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13871/Council-Election-results-2017
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/13922/Ward-7-Whitburn-and-Blackburn-2017-Results
- https://www.westlothian.gov.uk/article/48645/Previous-Election-Results
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